Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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This is ILLINOISE. One of today’s most in-demand directors and choreographers Justin Peck embraces Grammy and Oscar-nominated Sufjan Stevens’ acclaimed album in an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and music, with a narrative crafted with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury. The virtuosic cast and a live band lead audiences on a journey through our state—from campfire stories to the edges of the cosmos. Playing in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, January 28–February 18, 2024. chicagoshakes.com/illinoise